Chobani Sues InfoWars Firebrand Alex Jones

Chobani has filed a lawsuit against right-wing conspiracy site InfoWars and its outspoken founder Alex Jones for claiming the yogurt company was “importing migrant rapists,” and helped cover up a sexual assault case. Chobani’s CEO Hamdi Ulukaya has been public about the company’s commitment to hiring refugees. About 400 refugees work for the firm now, a move that has drawn praise from the World Economic Forum. But right-wing critics have allegedly sent Ulukaya death threats, and InfoWars wrote that Chobani was linked to a sexual assault case involving refugee children at a Twin Falls, Idaho apartment complex. The site refused repeated requests to take down several stories about the conspiracy, the lawsuit claims. “The defendants’ conduct in this matter was extreme, outrageous and warrants punitive damages,” the lawsuit reads. Chobani seeks $10,000 in damages, attorney fees, and punitive damages.